We had a great day out on Saturday at the Taste of London Festival despite some inclement British summertime weather. I say "despite" as a little June chill provided the perfect excuse to indulge in some typically wintry dishes such as suckling pig (excellent from Fino) and some warming vodka-based refreshments.
Here are a few highlights (full photoset with descriptions
here)
I was happy to see that I've gotten another Photo of the Day, this time from Londonist.com, and it's one from my spring photowalk series from last Saturday. As is always the way, it's not actually my favourite one, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder!
(I have craftily corrected the exposure a bit using Piknik as I thought it looked a bit dark once I was away from my home computer…)
A few shots from Saturday’s stroll along the Thames and up into the grand parks of London on a glorious, hot, sunny day. One of the first of 2010. Pray there will be many more and that we don’t suffer another rubbish summer.
I recently had the good fortune to attend the wedding of some good friends at the stately home of Syon Park, near Richmond. This is the family seat of the Duke of Northumberland, and was very posh. A great wedding venue, as you'll see.
This is pretty good stuff, we are getting close to proper photorealism here.
Somewhat anal-retentively, and not to denigrate this fine work, but two things slightly spoil this for me:
- A few of the “marquee” models, especially Buckingham Palace, could benefit from some more detailed modelling on their shapes. The flying buttresses of Westminster Abbey are correct and present, but the flat front of Bucks Palace looks like one of those drape-over jobs they put on buildings in Europe when they’re being renovated. It spoils the illusion somewhat.
- (very anal) The closeup “helicopter shot” around Big Ben shows two different clock faces simultaneously – and they are showing different times. Doh!
